OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Melo georginae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta georginae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
   Melo mucronatus Broderip, 1848

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 90 m {POPPE1992A} ]
depth: shallow subtidal [ from 2 m ]
depth: subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: sand 

References

 Angas, G.F. 1864. p.54 [ as Melo georginae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834) ]  New combination
 Gray, J. E. 1855. p.54 [ as Cymbium georginae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834) ]  New combination
 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.188, pl. 86, figs. 4-5 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.74, pl. 28A-B [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.74 Synonomy
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.125 [ as synonym of Melo amphora (Lightfoot, 1786) ]  Alternate taxonomic arrangement

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Cymbiolinae Bondarev, 1995
                            Melo Broderip in Sowerby, 1826
                              Melo georginae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12422) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.